Job Description

Ansys is the global leader in engineering simulation, helping the world's most innovative companies deliver radically better products to their customers. By offering the best and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software, Ansys helps companies solve the most complex design challenges and engineer products limited only by imagination.

Summary / Role Purpose

The Senior Application Engineer is responsible for leveraging their experience, subject matter expertise, and customer-relationship skills to assist in growing our software business by proactively helping customers deploy ANSYS technology to deliver on their key business initiatives. The Senior Application Engineer (Digital Thread) is responsible for executing and leading business development projects that deliver business value for ANSYS at the Sector/Country or Division level. This position will be to leverage ANSYS products for the digital thread of the products design and implementation with a specific focus on tools that provide Concept of Operations (STK), Simulation Process Data Management (SPDM), and Process Integration and Design Optimization Tools (PIDO) with their connection to MBSE descriptive tools. 

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead/Assist in coordinating and executing all technical activities throughout the sales opportunity lifecycle such as technical discovery, product presentations, demonstrations, and evaluations.
• As a product expert with one or more Ansys products, interact with customers to understand their product design needs and engineering design workflows; analyze how to address customers’ requirements using Ansys products and platform.
• Responsible for articulating ANSYS’ value proposition which may encompass its entire suite of products; the presentations must affirm the sales message, differentiate ANSYS, and leave a strong and positive impression to audiences which can include senior company executives.
• Participate in internal corporate initiatives to further enhance the solution suites, presales/sales enablement, and professional growth; actively participate in the development and mentoring of team members.
• Participate and present ANSYS simulation solution suites for different applications and publish papers in technical events.
• Collaborate with the Ansys product development teams to translate customer requirements into exciting new product features; test new releases of Ansys products on industrial problems
• Contribute to consulting services, conduct introductory and/or intermediate training classes.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace engineering or other technical disciplines.
• 3 to 8 years of experience in an engineering software environment.
• Must have excellent analytical skills.
• Must have strong knowledge of at least one PIDO tools like ModelCenter, optiSLang…
• Must have good understanding of concepts like Mission engineering, Simulation Process Data Management, MBSE, PIDO etc.
• Must have hands-on experience in at least one Scripting language like C#/Java, Python, VBScript, etc.
• Demonstrated use of relevant ANSYS software or knowledge of other commercial CAE software packages in solving industry-level problems.
• Ability to manage multiple projects which are complex in nature and coordinate colleagues across diverse teams and locations
• Ability to facilitate customer requirements process and then work with the customer to build out those requirements
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to facilitate and conduct webinars and presentations to customers
• Possesses a sense of urgency, strong organizational and time management skills.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• MS/MTech/PhD degree preferred.
• Must have passion and drive for personal technical excellence and high performance
• Must have customer service aptitude and maintain customer focus
• Exposure to CAE data management
• Flexibility and adaptability to learn and understand new technologies
• Ability to travel up to 25%

CULTURE AND VALUES
Culture and values are incredibly important to Ansys. They inform us of who we are, of how we act. Values aren't posters hanging on a wall or about trite or glib slogans. They aren't about rules and regulations. They can't just be handed down the organization. They are shared beliefs – guideposts that we all follow when we're facing a challenge or a decision. Our values tell us how we live our lives; how we approach our jobs. Our values are crucial for fostering a culture of winning for our company:

• Customer focus
• Results and Accountability
• Innovation
• Transparency and Integrity
• Mastery
• Inclusiveness
• Sense of urgency
• Collaboration and Teamwork

 
WORKING AT ANSYS
At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary of leaders, collectively aiming to change the world with innovative technology and remarkable solutions.  With the prestigious reputation in servicing well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys are high, met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those challenges head-on.  Because at Ansys, it’s about the learning, the discovery and the collaboration.  It’s about the “what’s next” as much as the “mission accomplished”.  It’s about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can and will impact real people in real ways, forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy and ethics.
 
At Ansys, you will find yourself among those eager to drive the world towards the next best thing with hands planted firmly on the wheel.
Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology so our customers can turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at lower cost.  As a measure of our success in attaining these goals, Ansys has been recognized as one of the world's most innovative companies by prestigious publications such as Bloomberg Businessweek and FORTUNE magazines.
 
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a component of the NASDAQ-100.
 
For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.com
 
Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
 
Ansys does not accept unsolicited referrals for vacancies, and any unsolicited referral will become the property of Ansys.  Upon hire, no fee will be owed to the agency, person, or entity.

Skills Required

• Communication
• Interpersonal Skills
• Management